Draft attachment for agricultural implements.



No. 864,189. PATBNTED AUG. 27, 1907.

. A. J. PEDDY. DRAFT ATTACHMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMBNTS.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.22,1907.

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A. J. PEDDY.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT FOR AGRIGULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. APPLIOATION rmznAPB-(22,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

ANDREW JAGKSON PEDDY, OF HENDERSO N, TENNESSEE.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application filed April 22,1907. Serial No. 369,535.

. ments for Agricultural Implements, of which the foli so that the pullwill be directly on said frame.

lowing is a specification.

This invention is a draft attachment for disk harrows and otheragricultural implements, and has for its object to lighten the draft andto relieve the animals of the weight on their shoulders, and also tofacilitate the turning of the implement.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation partly insection of a disk harrow showing the application of the invention. Figs2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the position of theparts when making a turn.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the main frame of adisk harrow having a seat 6, and at its front end a stub-tongue 7 whichcarries a double-tree 8. The double-tree is connected at its ends bychains or other suitable means 9 to hooks on the main frame To thestubtongue 7 is pivoted by a vertical bolt 10 a draft tongue 11 which issupported on wheels 12 mounted on an arched axle 13 secured to saidtongue. Suitable braces 14 for the axle are provided. If desired onlyone wheel can be employed. Between the tongues 7 and His a fifth-wheel15 and on the tongue 11 above the wheels 12 is a seat 16. The tongue 11is locked to the tongue 7 by means of a pin 17 passing through openings18 and 19, respectively, in said parts, and an opening 20 in thefifth-wheel. When making a turn the pin is withdrawn from the openings19 and 20 which releases the tongue 11 and permits it to swing around onits pivot 10, the pin 17 sliding over the fifth-wheel. After the turn ismade, the pin again comes above the openings l9 and 20, whereupon itdrops thereinto and again locks the tongue 11 to the tongue 7. The pinis carried at one end of a foot lever 21 fulcrumed on a post 22 risingfrom the tongue 11 and is held in the openings by a spring 23 bearing onthe other end of the lever. The spring is coiled around a stem 24 risingfrom the tongue 11 and passing loosely through a hole in the lever.

By the construction herein describeda turn can be easily made as theanimals pull the implement around instead of pushing it with the neck orshoulder against the draft-tongue which is injurious to the animals. Thewheels 12 also relieve the animals of the weight of the tongue on theirneck and shoulders.

The object of the seat 16 is to enable the driver to ride when theground is soft. In soft ground it is often impossible for the animals topull the implement if the driver occupies the seat 6 which is above thedisks, but by using the seat 16 the drivers weight is taken off thedisks and borne by the wheels 12 so that the animals will have nodifliculty in pulling the implement. \Vhen the ground is hard the seat 6will be used.

In the drawing the attachment is shown in connection with a disk harrow,but it can also be applied to cultivators and other agriculturalimplements, and I do not wish to be limited to the particularapplication shown and described herein.

I claim:

i 1. The combination with the main frame of an agricultural implement,of a stub-tongue thereon, a doubletree carried by the stub-tongue andconnected at its ends to the main frame, a draft-tongue pivoted to thestubtongue, and means for locking said tongues together.

2. The combination with the main frame of an agricub tural implement,,of a stub-tongue thereon, a doubletree carried by the stub-tongue andconnected at its ends to the main frame, a draft-tongue pivoted to thestubtongue, supporting Wheels for the draft-tongue, and means forlocking said tongues together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW JACKSON PEDDY.

Witnesses M. D. PANE, E. F. Boonn.

